Buchanan’s Chop House Whisky Bar

Reviews

• Taulor K.

  star star star star star 18 July 2026

  i go here so many times and the staff is helpful and polite every time. each time i walk in here i am greeted with smiling faces and great attitudes. my favorite dish has got to be the lamb.

• Asif H.

  star star star star star 4 July 2026

  In the heart of eauclaire, this place is a must for everyone, I go for the food, everyone I know that goes here goes for the scotch and food. The Burger is fantastic, cooked to your liking. Everything on the menu is amazing but most of all, the desert "Sticky Toffee Pudding" is to die for, I don't eat sweets often but this is in my top 5 best deserts in Calgary!

• Rita W.

  star star star star_border star_border 30 June 2026

  To be honest, if not for the big taste I wouldn't have ever thought of coming here. We don't frequent this area of the city much and with the difficulties of finding parking... Enough said.
  
  During my call to make reservations here, I was kindly informed by a gentleman that there was nothing too special about the big taste menu, and that they offered the same courses for a slightly higher price on a weekly basis anyways. I had thanked him kindly for his information and thought nothing of it. Now... Fast forward two weeks to the night of our reservation. Apparently the gentleman that had taken it had written it in the wrong time slot, but they were able to find us a table anyways.
  
  We were seated in the middle of the restaurant. The resturant appeared to be quite cozy. I felt many accidental bumps by servers throughout the night. I was much confused on their use of paper on top of their table clothes and found their use of plastic flowers to be a bit disheartening. Nevertheless as follows is a breakdown of the items we ate; I did come here for that purpose after all.
  
  Housemade Crabcakes with Tropical Fruit Salsa: They were a good sized crabcakes, found them to be a bit on the soft side. Not enough crisp to it. There was very little salsa, but that was fine as the salsa was quite tart.
  
  Mixed Green Salad with candied pork belly lardons & Boursin Cheese: I was much disappointed with the salad, as I have a love affair with yellow beets. The beets on the plate had no sweetness to them, they were bland. The vinaigrette on the salad was a good balance to the boursin cheese. The candied pork belly was a bit tough for me, but the bf loved it. There was only one piece of it though... even though it's pluralized in the description.
  
  Charbroiled "Brick-Cut" Alberta Grade AAA New York Steak with Back, fig & port wine reduction, fresh seasonal vegetables, hand rolled potato cakes: I liked their take on the potatoes; they were a good change from mashed. The steak was oddly cooked as the pink was mostly on the underside of the steak with a good inch at the top cooked to well-done. We weren't too sure what the purple vegetable was on the side as there was no waiter around to explain.
  
  Charbroiled red spring salmon fillet with roma tomato, sweet bell pepper, cilantro, pine nut salsa, tarragon & jasmine steamed rice, seasonal winter vegetables: The salmon was cooked well, under seasoned and I don't know if it's just me... but I disliked the temperature difference between my warm salmon and ice cold salsa. I couldn't taste the tarragon in the jasmine at all. On the bright side, I finally got a golden beet with flavor.
  
  Auchentoshan crème caramel: Presentation was not great. I've never had this dessert before, but it was a bit too watery for my taste. Soft though, reminded me of Japanese caramel pudding.
  
  Irish cream cheesecake with wildberry coulis: I didn't taste any of the Irish cream... are my tastebuds that desensitized? The wild berry coulis... was blueberry sauce to me... They should've just called this a blueberry cheesecake... then my expectations and experience would be equally matched.
  
  Final verdict: I think my expectations were much higher than they should've been. Will know better for next time.

• Vince F.

  star star star star star 29 June 2026

  Are you looking for a great, downtown, dining experience without it a big-ticket price or a pretentious environment?
  
  Buchanan's Chop House and Whisky Bar is it.
  
  I've been here a few times over the years, almost always for dinner. I've had steak, seafood, and steak. It's always been great food. Today - it was lunch.
  
  I arrived just after 1:00pm - no reservation - and the lunch crowd was starting to thin out. I was seated immediately in a booth where I could see today's Rugby World Cup conciliation game was played. For as many people that were there, the TV on, and maybe even music on the other side of the restaurant, it was remarkably quiet... easy to have a conversation with my lunch date.
  
  The server was attentive through out the entire lunch - really nice guy. He quickly brought water and some sort of bread/biscuit with butter on the side - rather tasty to take the edge off.
  
  Last time in, I had the salmon. It tasted great. It was on the menu today as well... however I thought I would switch it up and try something I rarely eat - fish & chips (fries) which came with a home made coleslaw.
  
  I've eaten hear before and have never been disappointed... including today. I really enjoyed the fish and ships... I kind of wished I had one more piece of fish but my eyes were talking... not my stomach. I was definitely full.
  
  Parking in the area was a little challenging but that's because I don't know the area very well - one of the staff gave me some future parking advice - now I know.
  
  I'll definitely be back, and I'll try something new!

• Chris M.

  star star star star star 29 June 2026

  If I could give Buchanan's 7 Stars I would.
  This is the best chophouse experience you will have in Calgary.
  Incredible people, incredible quality and and most importantly, incredible consistency.
  Buchanan's has never had an off night.
  My favourite restaurant in Western Canada.